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Summary

Designed for non-scientists,
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The late Richard P. Feynman was Richard Chace Tolman Professor of Theoretical Physics at the California Institute of Technology. He was awarded the 1965 Nobel Prize for his work on the development of quantum field theory. He was also one of the most famous and beloved figures of the 20th century, both in physics and in the public arena.

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essential Listening

Feynman was blessed with insight and enthusiasm and these lectures are part of a genuinely legendary series given in the early 1960s. The sound quality is poor in lecture one, and you obviously don't get the benefit of the pictures on the blackboard, but once you are past that you get to listen in on an undisputed genius performing before an audience in his natural environment. To anybody excited by the edges of knowledge it is like being offered a recording of Mozart practicing his scales and then jamming with a few mates. What is that worth?

Feynman is amazing but the quality is not

As a physicist myself I have amazing admiration for Richard Feymann and like all physicist I have his collected works on my bookshelf. This audio presentation is a recording of Dick Feymann in the 1960's and the audio quality is terrible. It would have been better to either to have recorded the lectures using an actor or picking lectures where the audio quality is much better.

excellent

superb book for anyone interested in the subjects covered. as easy to understand as could be hoped and a pleasure to listen to. the quality is a little poor to start with but listenable and soon improved.

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M.

06-08-05

Unintelligible

It?s a real pity but the entire first most important segment (first hour plus) of these recordings is absolutely unintelligible. Not the best way to start a lecture series in my humble opinion. After the first lecture it gets better however the frustration does not end there because Richard P. Feynman makes many references to charts, diagrams, black board and other training aids in his lectures and continually makes reference to these charts and to the first unintelligible hour of the lecture. For you die hard collectors this may be a worthwhile investment but I?m more interested in learning at this point.

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5 out of 5 stars

Eric Dick

05-07-10

Excellent - Audio by Richard Feynman

They don't make it obvious, but these are recordings of a select group of Richard Feynman's actual lectures. They tried to fix up the audio form one damaged reel at the beginning, but its a little rough. For the most part the audio is good to great. Very engaging. Sometimes hard to follow without being able to see his diagrams etc..

8 of 8 people found this review helpful

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3 out of 5 stars

Robert

23-07-06

Bad audio, good material

The first hour is inexcusably poor and any $39 audio editing program could fix it. What you lose in that hour is the first layer of the foundation of physics that Feynman lays down. What you get after that first hour is pure magic. Hearing the actual voice of Feynman confirms what many of his peers said about him. His vigor, humor, and genius shine throughout.

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1 out of 5 stars

Bruce

26-05-08

Poor Quality

The sound on this audiobook is very rough. I can barely make out what Dr. Feynman is saying. It would be better to read the book as opposed to listening to the audiobook for this one.

4 of 5 people found this review helpful

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3 out of 5 stars

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3 out of 5 stars

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4 out of 5 stars

Stephen

11-11-12

Basics from a Master

The book consists of six lectures, I have the the paperback version also and notices a lot of the introductory material was not included in this audio. And of course the diagrams you don't get the in audio. But neverthless I enjoyed the read and gave the lectures 4 stars. Overall 3 stars. If you don't like science don't buy this book.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

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1 out of 5 stars

Davis

01-05-08

Hard to follow

The sound quality of the first lecture was horrendous. The others are fine. However, Feynman regularly refers to visual aids (you can even hear the chalk against the chalk board on occasion), and without the benefit of those aids I found his lectures hard to follow. I think others without any physics training will also find them hard to follow.

3 of 4 people found this review helpful

Overall

5 out of 5 stars

T. Andrew Poehlman

15-07-08

Feynman is a genius and his lectures

are absolutely wonderful. No nonsense, high-standards lecturing. He doesn't sound like a brilliant physicist, he sounds like a guy just explaining how a motor runs.

Fantastic stuff!

2 of 3 people found this review helpful

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5 out of 5 stars

Gerd

01-05-06

the unbareable easyness of kowing...

When he speaks, everything falls into place with an astonishing straightforward ease, that has its roots in a simple approach: take what you have and deal with it! His notions on Philosophy and example anecdotes about transforming the problems of physics into our real life (conservation of energy:-), show a childlike mind, that has no problem at all with the fact that there are more questions than answers. He is jumping on the shoulders of the giants (the short history of physics) and is simply happy to have a new perspective, new facts to deal with,
whatever they are. He is inspiring, using everyday language to explain complex facts and relations, giving you also a new way of perception and fun in dealing with it.
I really wish I had a physics teacher like him......

3 of 5 people found this review helpful

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1 out of 5 stars

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1 out of 5 stars

Anonymous User

19-07-18

Very poor audio quality

I was disappointed with this book. The recording is very poor quality making it difficult to hear what is being said.

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5 out of 5 stars

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5 out of 5 stars

Anonymous User

24-03-18

GET THIS ONE

If you have any kind of interest in physics, even a passing one, Six Easy Pieces is a must-read. or, a must-listen. dr. feinman breaks everything down into everyday language for us everyday people to understand.